Lot 121

SET OF FOUR DERBY FIGURES FROM THE 'FRENCH SEASONS'
LATE 18TH CENTURY

Auction: Day One: 06 September 2023 | From 11:00
£580
Description
'Spring' modelled as a boy carrying fresh flowers; 'Summer' as a girl carrying a basket of fruit; 'Autumn' as a girl holding wheat sheafs, a scythe at her feet; 'Winter' as a boy carrying firewood over his shoulder; all figures wearing variously patterned outfits with gilt embellishments, each on a naturalistic round plinth base with a gilt band; three of the figures incised No.123, all with crossed swords mark
Dimensions
16cm to 17.5cm high
